Karl Lamprecht will assume the role of president and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG, effective April 1, 2020. He will succeed Michael Kaschke, who has held the office of CEO for 10 years and has served on the company’s executive board for 20 years. The announcement was made Sept. 24, after the company’s supervisory board voted unanimously in favor of the appointment. Karl Lamprecht. Courtesy of Zeiss. Lamprecht joined Zeiss in 2005, serving as head of strategic business development for the semiconductor manufacturing technology (SMT) department. He later became head of the former...Read full articleRelated content from Photonics MediaARTICLESNew Scale Technologies Names Quinlivan VP of Sales and MarketingNew Scale Technologies has promoted Heidi Quinlivan to vice president of sales and marketing. 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